Re: D-spec using the same file name twice

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Curiosity has the best of me.  You are saying "the same key" which says 
to me that the file is not keyed uniquely, and that there could well be 
more than two records with the same key.  Hence my curiosity: 

How do you get the particular & specific record(s) that you want to get?


Alan Shore wrote:
> Afternoon all
>
> I know at one point, what I am about to ask is not feasible in RPG (COBOL
> is another matter), but the last time I asked this was when I had first
> moved over from mainframe COBOL to AS/400 RPG. (TOO many moons ago)
>
> Can you specify the same file name (physical or logical) more than once in
> a program?
>
> I want to process 2 separate records by using the same key, or do I have to
> create a new logical with the same key as the file that already exists?
>
> I almost forgot - we are on V5r4
>
>
> As always - many thanks in anticipation
>
>
>
> Alan Shore
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